50 "weird" U.S. place names

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I guess because neighborhoods that are called 'Little' are called that because they derive their character from another place that is a large and established cultural center? Here in L.A., we have Little Tokyo (but we also have the less known Little Osaka.) In Miami, they have Little Havana.

On Jan 18, 2014, at 10:33 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

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> I must be missing something. What's funny about Little Compton? (I know
> it'll hit me as soon as I hit SEND.)
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> Mark
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> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> http://screen.yahoo.com/buzzfeed/50-weirdest-city-names-50-221140519.html
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>> Observe how some people seem to think "butt" is spelled with a B.
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>> JL
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